Vacation is Over
*A short span of time it was. But I am indeed grateful for all the memories and happiness I've got...*
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A wonderful new Monday to one and all. How's your day been doing today my dear read.cash friends? I hope everyone is doing great.
Yesterday, my girlfriend @renren16 posted her blog about the things we did when I was home for a vacation and here today, I will share my side story about the experiences when I was with her and with my family and friends as well.
Back then, by last week of January this year, I made a letter, a request letter for taking a vacation left since I was not home for a year already. Gladly, it got approved. Fast forward, I arrived home last February 09, 2023 which I supposed my girlfriend also shared it to you at that time.
When I arrived home, I immediately went to our barrio proper because she said that they will have a game at that day. After their match, I went to their house and waited for her to be done changing her clothes and then immediately went to our house, for I gave her my so-called, "Pasalubong." I gave her few shirts which I ordered when I was still in Manila and a cap, as well as a necklace and a ring. Not that much expensive, but I was happy to see that she was happy to received all of it.
The next day, I helped a little at their house for the preparations and everything for the Fiesta and we attended the Disco the following night.
Next up...
We celebrated a simple Valentines day but the following day, together with my younger sister, I took them to Maison de Clarke and treated them over lunch.
The following days went so smooth and simple. At some times, we go out for a simple date at town and often, we are just at our house, spending the quality time together.
At this point, I will jumped to the last day I spent with her and with my family.
Earlier that day, she chatted me saying that she wants to go out and visit Monghe or Adoration of Mary located at Marangog. So, without any further ado, I told her to prepare herself then.
Here are some clicks I snapped when we went there;
Few minutes later after touring the area, we decided to go to town and grabbed some Halo-halo at Buccoo because of the hot weather.
At around 4 pm that day, we had our last stop. I mean, the last trip before my flight. We went to Sitio Katipunan together with my younger sister again to watch the beautiful sunset.
Here are some of my snaps;
And I was I have told you on my yesterday's blog, I had my flight back here in Manila the following day.
**Ending Thoughts:**
I was very grateful for all the experiences I had even though it was just a short span of vacation left. Now that vacation is over, "Ren and Rhed" are back as a Long Distance Couple. Well, the main purpose of being in this kind of situation is for the betterment of our future. And I am very happy to know that she willingly supported my plans and she put her trust to me, that goes the same to me.
That would be all. Thank you and Goodnight! ☺️
Back on Track
Good day read.cash mates. A blessed Sunday to each and everyone. It's me Rhed back on the track again after a long time offline on this platform. It's been a while since I last posted a blog here in read.cash due to some personal stuff that I badly need to focus more. Here I am trying to be more active again in this platform and to engage more to my fellow users again.
A month ago, I filed a one month vacation leave from my work to ease my stresses and to spend some time with my family and friends in the province and to participate and experience again our barangay Fiesta celebration since it's been 3 years since I last experience our fiesta celebration. And after a month of strolling and spending my days with my families and friends, my vacation days are already over. Even though it is a one-month leave but with a blink of an eye, it was already over. Days really flies fast.
Yesterday was my flight schedule but before I left, me and my family visited our deceased families especially my deceased brother and pays them some prayers. After that I packed all my belongings and started my journey again back into the city. I decided to leave early because it is hard to get a van that travels from our place to Tacloban. And also I have already some experiences that I got left behind of my flight due to that circumstances. So started from that day, I really left early from our place so that it will never happen again to me even though my flight is at 5:55 P.M.
I arrived at the *Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport* in Tacloban City at exactly 1:56 in the afternoon. And decided to take my lunch in the airport's canteen so that I can check-in my baggages right after it. After I ate, I directly went to the Departure Area to get my boarding pass and to check-in my baggage. It was past 3:00 P.M when I am already in the waiting area, waiting for the time and the plane to come. I was really bored and sleepy waiting for our turn to depart since it was still early. I waited for three hours alone no one to talk to airport. It was past 6:00 P.M when we already departed Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport of Tacloban.
During our flight I saw again the beautiful sunset which reminding me of the last thing that we do with my girlfriend @renren16 and my sister the day before my flight, which was a quick roadtrip just to witness the sunset at Sitio Katipunan. I really felt sad thinking that I will be apart from her again and with my family as well for the time being. It is the reality of us people especially when we are working in a far place. It is hard for us but we need to keep our heads up for the future of our families. That is why I salute all of our **Overseas Filipino Workers** (**OFW's**), who are working overseas, who sacrifices to be away with their loved ones just to support and to give their families a better future.
**Ending Thoughts**
It was a great experiences of mine to have a short work vacation. Somehow I was able to make memories to treasure together with the people that are very close to my heart.
*That would be all. Thank you for spending your time.*
"I'm still Here"
BN:1
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Not that long time ago, with the help of my girl @renren16 , I was able to join this wonderful platform. It took me a while to learn few things of how it really works and most of all, of how it will help me to earn Bitcoincash. Remembering those times that I am struggling to get the attention of the @TheRandomRewarder or better known as Rusty or Bot brings back memories. It was not that long, but long enough for me. Actually, I am about to give up. But with the continuos support of my girl, encouraging me to keep going, I was able to go on writing in here. And by that, in due time, Rusty finally noticed my works.
But prior to this inactivity of mine for the past couple of days now, all of us was surprised and shocked by the announcement of our dear Rusty, about his last tip. To tell you honestly, hearing that news really made me sad. That's one of the reasons why I decided to take a rest from blogging in here. Well in fact, with that incident, I was able to give more focus on my main work and give more time with my family and friends, of course with my girl.
From the memorable times during Christmas Day up to the simple celebration I had during the New Year's Day, I am very grateful for that experiences.
With regards to my side hustling journey, I was able to give more time joining Cashrain and luckily, been able to win a lot of times (not to brag though), my girl even said to me that I should not join anymore because I have won many times already. (Laughing) She said that its unfair because she still not able to win the jackpot there. But later on, she realized that the rewards on that site were randomly given to the users who joined the given tasks. Well, I hope she will hit the jackpot soon. For sure, she will be very happy for that.
About my work, I can't say that its easy but it goes the same by saying its not that difficult too. To be safe, I'll go in the middle. Lol. There are times that I have lots of work schedules but sometimes there wasn't where I can rest a longer time then. I am grateful for this job because I am able to support myself in my daily needs and of course, helping out my love ones. I am also been able to save up for my future needs, especially that this coming February I will be going home for a one month work vacation. You know, I miss my family, and of course, my girl. Its been a while then since the last time I saw them all personally and spend time with them. Actually, I already booked my ticket.
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**Ending Thoughts:**
I can't say that I can be consistent with my blogging journey especially that I am also busy doing things in the real world. But, with all the best I can, I will surely visit here and engage with you my dear friends.
Thank you for reading!
`<Rhed>`
Photos are mine otherwise stated.
*Lead Image: Edited using Canva App*
What Makes Christmas so Special
Christmas is a season of giving, loving and sharing of blessings of everyone. It is also the season that gives us a time and efforts to make bonds with our love ones especially to our families and friends. This season brings a lot of joy and happiness to all of us living in this wonderful world.
Here in the Philippines, what makes Christmas season more enjoyable and great is we are celebrating a long Christmas. We start to celebrate the event when "Ber months" already comes, from the month of September to December wherein we can really see and feel that Christmas is in the air through the vibes of the people and the surroundings.
Mostly during this season, the people already busy doing there things as preparation for the upcoming Christmas day. Some preparing to buy and create there own unique Christmas decorations, some preparing to buy things and gifts to their special love ones, preparing the foods that will be served during that days and mostly we can witness a lot of children doing Christmas carolings to homes just to recieve their "*agináldo* or *pinaskuhan*" or gifts. That's what makes the season more memorable and great.
It is a tradition of us Filipino's to celebrate this event with good foods together with our whole family members. This is also one of the reasons why I love this event it's because I can taste different kinds of delicious foods especially yung mga "***kakakin***" like *biko*, *suman*, *puto*, *bibingka* at iba pa. And especially to those who will prepare or buy "letchon baboy", I'm kind of jealous (laughing).
Mostly the things that we do here during that days are watching fireworks together, karaoke, eating foods and especially our bonding with each other. I know it will be an all out celebration for us. It will be a great day and experience for us again.
As for me since I was away with my Family, I will be celebrating my Christmas with my sister, cousins and friends. To be honest I really want to go home badly because it's been a long time since we were together celebrating it and I want to experience celebrating Christmas with my girlfriend @renren16 and her family.
I think that ends my short blog for today. Thank you for reading. Have a great day ahead. Stay safe and God Bless always. Merry Christmas to each and everyone.
*Lead Image Edited using Canva App*
`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Publish: 12.18.2022>`
Photos are not mine and the source links are all stated under it.
Mixed Emotions
Yesterday morning, my girlfriend told me that she received an email from the **Microfinance Institution** that she applied for. I can really see that she was very happy that finally the company had contacted her since she was waiting for their response a long time ago. She happily said to me that the company already responded her and she had an online examination to that said company on that day. So I decided not to disturb her so that she can focus on the examination that she had taken. I left our office early and started my work, hoping that she will have a good concentration to answer all those questions.
After I have done all of my work schedules, I went straight home so that I can already rest and also I am excited to call her since we don't have a long conversation earlier that day. She said that the questions was hard because it mainly focuses on Math questions and Abstract. I am very confident that my girlfriend will do a good job, she can do it and pass that examination. After our long conversation we decided to sleep early since I have work and she also said that she has an interview the next day.
Today she had an online interview with some personnels in that company. I hope the interview went well.
I have said in my previous blog that I planned to have a vacation on our province when this year ends, this coming February to be exact. I am very excited to went home because it's been almost a year since the last time I had my vacation there. Aside from that I already missed my girlfriend @renren16 a lot. I am eager to have a bonding with her and to see her face in person since we only saw each other normally at cellphone. I really have a lot of plans to do with her when that time comes but I am kind of sad right now because she will become a busy person when she will be accepted by the company. And I heard from her that maybe she will be assigned to *Baybay City* or *Ormoc City* after their probationary trainings. I am disappointed and sad since it was very far from our place. And when my vacation time comes, I think we will not be together since she might be far away and I think my vacation will be a waste since she was also the main reason why I wanted to go home badly. I thought of cancelling my vacation due to that scenario in my head.
I am happy for her since she don't have any source of income yet aside from her side hustles. It will be a big help for her since she don't want to be a burden to her parents. And I don't want her to think like that, that's why I always lift her up to change her mood and if I have something to help her I will not hesitate to do so since I have a work. But in the other side, I am kind of sad because she will become more busy and I don't want to see her get tired since she always had a headache and a back pain when working. And what makes me more sad is when we don't see each other and have a bonding time with her during my vacation.
*Am I going to resign and apply to that same company so that we will be together? Or am I going to not allow her to work and give her a capital to start a business instead? Or maybe putting her in a chain? (I bet you know what I mean) What do you think?*
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`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Publish: 12.14.2022>`
I wasn't there but I'm still Happy
Last Friday, Ate Mary Ann which is my first degree cousin chatted me that we will be going to Okada Manila on Saturday night as a night out for us since they will be going back to our province already because the reason why the came here in Manila has already been fulfilled and one of his brothers came home from Australia. So I agreed and said to her that I will directly travel to Okada after I get out of my work.
Saturday morning, after I got all my schedules for the day I decided to left our office early so that I can finish all my works faster. We only had two scheduled customer appointed to us on that day. We directly went to our first customer and asked all of their concerns to the unit, wherein we also shared our thoughts on what are the things that we are going to do to their unit after hearing all of their concerns. And we went straight to the unit and inspect all the possible damages that causes the malfunction of the unit. After checking, we decided to check the program and adjust the parameter settings of the unit. Luckily, the unit already functioned very well. We prepared all the documents and reports to be served to the customer as a proof that we already repaired their unit and decided to take our lunch after because it's past 12:00 PM already.
Our second customer concern was only the PMS of the unit or what we called *"Preventive Maintenance Service"* of their two unit's of the warehouse. We prepared our parts and tools needed and rendered the service to our customer directly so that we can finish our work since it was our last schedule already. After hours of working, finally we have finished our work in that said customer. As usual, after preparing and serving all of the documents, we went straight to home afterwards.
Since we finished our work early, I had my chances to talk to my beloved girlfriend and told her after that I will take a nap because I felt tired and exhausted of our work. I slept for almost two hours and woke up past 5:00 PM already. When I started to prepare myself to go, I didn't expected that it will rain. It was a heavy rain. I asked my Ate, if the plan will still be going on since it was still raining and I need to travel from Pasig to Pasay City. It was a kind of a long journey. I thought that the plan was already cancelled and I also did not go. But during evening the weather became okay and they decided to go without me. I kind of jealous to them. They spend their time there watching the colorful water fountains and have their dinner together. While me, I was left alone in our boarding house. I had a video call with my girlfriend and ended up having a fight with her. Lol. And the next day, thankfully we have managed to sort things out.
**Ending Thoughts**
If only I managed to come and join with them, I may have also enjoy the night. And maybe, I will not get into a fight with my girlfriend @renren16 last night. But even I wasn't able to join them, I'm still happy to see those pictures they have sent to me.
*That would be all for this blog. Thank you for spending your time. Good evening and goodnight.*
*Lead Image Source: Photo send by my cousin.*
`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Publish: 12.11.2022>`
Photos are mine otherwise stated.
My Journey as an Athlete
Good evening everyone. Hope your having great day today. I don't have any topic to write on, so I came to decide sharing my story and experiences as a basketball player. And without any further ado bare me with your time as I go on sharing with you my story.
The Sport of Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Basketball is fun and a good past time activity to others. Basketball is a great way to have fun with friends and possibly make some new ones and that the reason why basketball is so interesting and so fun to do.
***My Basketball Experience***
I started playing basketball when I was in my elementary days. I remembered everytime the classes ends we run directly to the basketball court to play with our friends. We didn't mind even though were still wearing our school uniform as long as we are enjoying ourselves. That happens everytime every after school. During Saturday and Sunday our friends stays mostly at the basketball court.
During my high school days I still plays a lot with my new friends and classmates. Even though there's a lot of people that wants to use the covered court, we still wait for our turn just to play and enjoy ourselves because there are only two covered court. We are able to compete with some players who are older than us on that said court. Luckily we mlanaged to defeat them sometimes. I still remembered we played against a team with a lot of gangsters, they are so physical in the game and they cheats and complains a lot because the referee are also their companion. We just finish the game and leave the court to avoid us from being in trouble. We didn't mind the bet that time as long as we are all okay.
I also joined our Barangay Basketball Team and competed with the other barangay teams especially during "*Fiesta's* and *Pa* *Ligas*" here in our municipality. Sometimes we win and sometimes we lost because that's what games like. Right?
Because of my fond and love of basketball everytime there's a basketball game happens in town, we always watch every game especially during "**Intertown Basketball League**", wherein every municipalities fights for the trophy in the said competition. Here we can see the players who are really good at playing Basketball at every municipality. The other team even gets "*Imports*" just to win the game and get the trophy. There's a big prize waiting for the lucky winners of the league.
The memorable game that I watched during that time was the game of "**Gabisan Hilongos Team**", which was our municipality team versus "**Inopacan Team**", which was also a solid team. The Hilongos team gets ***Mark Yee*** an Import who are a professional basketball player from PBA (*Philippine Basketball Association*) from the Team **Meralco Bolts**. It was a though and close game but at the end our municipality wins the League. After the game I did not miss the chance to get a picture with my idol Mark Yee.
During my college years I lay low to basketball because I want to focus on my studies that time. I still played basketball but not as the same as during my elementary and high school days. I really want to tryout to our campus varsity team that time but I ended up not doing it because I'm afraid that I might not be picked because there's a lot of talented players there and I'm afraid also that it might affect my grades. I only watch the practice games of our Varsity Team and during Sport's Events like Campus Meet, Intramural Meet and etc.
Right now, basketball is still in me and I still love to play and watch it. We even did became the Basketball Champions in our Company Sportsfest way back year 2016. Sometimes, after we finished our work here, we played basketball with the guards and the people here in the compound.
Basketball is already in my blood but everything changes now not the same as before. My work and family is the one that I prioritize right now. Priorities really changes as the time goes by.
*That would be all for today. Thank you guys for reading my blog. Have a great day ahead and God bless always.*
Lead Image Source: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/thrilla-manila and edited using *Photo Collage App*
`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Publish: 11.09.2022>`
Photos are mine otherwise stated.
Hustling on Holiday
*Despite the fact that today is Holiday because of the Feast of Immaculate Conception or so as called Immaculate Conception Day, I still go to work so that I can get an extra wage aside from my regular salary. For all you know, I have used quite a huge amount for the double celebration of my birthday last week.*
For today's blog, let me share with you of how my day went.
To start with, yesterday, our Area Supervisor asked all of us, workers, who wants to work for today's special holiday. Despite being unwell, I still insisted to be in the list of those who will go to work because it could be a waste if I won't. But I told him that if I can't hold it out, I will not push through it. Thankfully, my body seems perfectly fine the day after (earlier this day) and for that, I was able to attend.
As usual I prepared myself to go for the day. Prior to taking a bath, I called my girlfriend and had a short conversations with her, mostly about morning greetings, you know, exchanging "I Love You's" that kind of thing. Right after, I prepared a porridge for breakfast since I still don't have an appetite as per advised by my parents as well.
**At work**
After getting our gate pass, which indicates the costumer's request and concerns regarding their units, and other working schedules, we decided to prepare the documents and tools needed.
We have three schedules for the day. The first schedule was pull-out of unit (from costumer to company") for rental units. But because of the delay of transport team due to time schedules for the truck to have its travel, we called our supervisor and asked regarding the transport team, he said that it"s still on its way, so we decided to go to the other costumer.
I have three companions, as their Senior, I decided to left the two of them to wait for the arrival of transport and with my other colleague that is an OJT, we decided to go to the other costumer listed in our schedule so that we can maximize our time.
As for the second costumer, we have done the unit inspections because that's their request. We inspected the unit wheels and after that, we requested a document for approval from the costumer for we needed it for our daily reports to be submitted in our office. After which, we went directly to the third and last costumer for the day.
We installed some parts for the unit to run it out again because it already affected their company's work services due to lack of units. We successfully installed the needed parts to run the unit. Again, we requested a signature of approval from the costumer as proof that we have done our work, we went back to our first costumer to see how it went out too. Good thing, they were done with it too and it was around 12 pm as well. So, when everything were all set, we took of lunch and went back to our boarding house.
We went to our boarding house because we are done but it doesn't mean that we are already to go freely and just roam around. We are on standby and with that, we can still be of given of new schedules up until 5 pm. Luckily, there was no other costumer for the day, so we just waited for our time-out.
And that's it my read.cash mates. Thank you for spending your time.
See you in my next blog!
`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Publish: 12.08.2022>`
*Lead Image: https://www.egnyte.com/blog/post/the-holiday-hustle*
**Photos are owned by yours truly otherwise stated.**
Double Celebration
Good day everyone. Hope your doing great today. Me? Nope, I'm still feeling this unusual thing in my stomach that I've been experiencing this past few days causing me to be not much active in here. I think I already have stomach problems. I already bought some medicines for this, hopefully it will disappear soon. So here today, I think it's already late to post what happened during the last weekend celebration. And without further ado, these were the things that happened during that day.
As what I have said in my previous blog "Turning a New Chapter", I have stated there that my actual birthday celebration will be held on Saturday, December 03, 2022. And that really did happened. https://read.cash/@Rhed/turning-a-new-chapter-e858bf48
I was very happy that fate adhered with me at that time because some my of working schedules was cancelled. And one more thing was, we were able to get our funds from the COOP we joined together with my colleagues. So, we decided to went to ***Marikina Riverbanks Center*** and boughts some items as a reward or a gift for ourselves. I was so stunned because the mall had their Christmas sale where I was able to buy three shorts and undergarments for a cheap price. The original price of the said shorts was PHp 1099.75 but I was able to buy it at PHp 350 only. See, how big the discount I get from it.
After which, we all decided to go home because I am not feeling well. Amidst the situation, I was thankful because I then able to sleep for a while. As a matter of fact, I thought of not going at Makati anymore due to this unusual feelings yet, however the schedule was all set and I don't want them to feel any regrets and disappointment if I will not really go there.
So fast forward, I traveled from Pasig to Makati at around 5 PM after I got out of my work. As usual the heavy traffic greeted me because it's Saturday. Mostly, the people went to their homes during those days that's why it causes a heavy traffic. On my way I saw some buildings that are fully decorated with Christmas lightings. I wondered how much they spent on everything.
I was able to arrived at Makati around 8 pm and they really waited for me to arrive before the celebration started. They immediately started it because some of them still needs to travel back their homes. More than that, its not just my cousin Abby were celebrating, there's another celebrant who joined us. She is one of the Abby's unit mates.
We all shared the foods being prepared and after that, had our talking and drinking sessions. Like I said, I was not feeling well so I didn't join them drinking. Before the visitors decided to go home, we had our picture takings. To tell you, these visitors I am referring to are my cousins.
After that thing, they finally decided to have their travel back home and us were left in the venue. As for me, I decided to sleep already because of the unusual feeling that I am experiencing but after almost an hour laying in bed trying to sleep I still can't able to do it. So I asked my younger sister to accompany me at any drug store but we can't find one so we went at 7eleven to find some medicine to buy and went home after. I took it and went off to bed right after. Thank God, I was able to sleep already.
The day after I rested for almost a day because I still feeling the unusual thing in my stomach. Then I decided to prepare all of my things and went back to home afterwards.
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*It was a great experience for me since we cousins got together for a long time. It's a rare opportunity for us to be together because they already have their own families and they don't have much time for things like this due to their busy time with works and their families.*
*I think this ends my blog again. Thank you for your time and efforts reading this blog. Have a great day ahead and see you in my next blog. God Bless always.*
`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Published: 12-07-2022>`
Photos are all owned by yours truly.
Back when I was in Highschool
Yesterday, I wasn't able to make a blog for the reason that I am not feeling well. Despite of that, I still forced myself to work because its a waste for me if I will not attend my work schedules. Aside from that, I went to my cousin's at Makati for like I said in my blog about my birthday, I will be celebrating for the second time together with my cousins at the weekend.
Well, I will not share what had happened regarding that, I will just make a separate article for it. So, for today, I will share with you first how my high school life went. I know its kind of late for this, but hopefully you will give some kind of consideration.
Highschool days is one of the best experiences and the most memorable days of my life. For me, without highschool, life is a bit boring. Highschool days, this is the time when we like to explore new things. Things that you don't usually do and felt during elementary and younger days. This is also the time that you will experience your first admirations, first love, first heartbreak and some of the silly things. Absences, cutting classes, playing computer and billiards during school hours are some of the silly things that I've done during my high school days.
I still remember when I entered my College days, I really want to go back to High school because I really enjoyed and I really missed it. It took me months to adapt that I'm already a college student.
How my Highschool Life went?
I was sent by our parents to a school in town with my older brother. We permanently lived with our uncle together with his family. Our school, its not really far from our barrio but it's really hard to travel back and forth because that time the road is very difficult to pass through (*sira-sira hindi pa sementado*), high fare on habal-habal (*i think its 50 pesos that time one way lang*), and we really don't want to hustle my parents by sending and picking us at school everyday thats why we agreed to it.
At first it was difficult for me because I'm really not used to be away with my family. I still remembered when my parents sent us every Sunday evening to the house of my uncle it feels like I don't want them to leave. I was in tears when I heard that they already left. It took me months to adapt to this new environment of mine. My sadness was gone when I already had a lot of new friends and whenever I see my brother, he was not bothered by it maybe because he was already used to it. So I made myself felt relieve too.
I studied at **Hilongos National Vocational School** **(HNVS)** and taked a major in *Automotive Technology*. During my first year in highschool, it was very difficult because it was a new environment for me and also I really don't know all of my classmates. After a couple of days of attending school, I little by little met some new friends which helped me to adjust. Fast forward, during my first and second year in highschool, I can say that I was a good student, I even go to school even when I'm sick that time because that's what I'm used to especially during elementary days. My mother will get mad at me that's why I still do it during highschool.
When I entered in third year, everything changed. My usual classmates were in the other section and I ended up joining the naughty and stubborn ones. Because most of my classmates were naughty I was then influenced by them to become one. There were times that we ended up making cutting classes to play computer games. I was very addicted to computer games that time especially "***Dota Warcraft***", when there were bets before, we didn't attend school anymore just to watch them play.
Billiards and standbying at the grand stand are also one of the silly things that we did during that time. I remembered during there's an event in school especially when there's a "***Mass***", we don't attend it, we only told our classmates to make an attendance for us so that we will not be marked as absent. We will climbed the school wall for us to get out of school premises. There was a time that the guard once chased us when we were caught in act climbing the wall, luckily we were not caught. My grades were very low that time.
When I entered my fourth year in highschool I already started to change myself. I let myself focused on studying, I really tried not to go with them because I want my grades to get high again and for me to get a good Course when I am going to enter my college. My dream course that time was "*Computer Engineering*" just like my brother, "*Mechanical Engineering*" and "*Automotive Technology*" which was the course that I took up with. Back to the topic, I graduated and I felt very happy that time because I survived and ended up graduating even there were times that I was a stubborn student before.
Ending Thoughts
*I never regretted what happened at that time because I was very happy with the experiences. Having that kind of personality contributed a lot for who I am today. Reminiscing those experiences gives me the proof that even when I was once become a naughty and stubborn, it's not always guaranteed that I become worthless or "walang mararating sa buhay." Look at me now I am proud to say that I am able to reach some of my dreams.*
That ends my blog for today. Thank you for your time. Have a great day ahead. Take care and may God Bless us always.
`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Published: 12-04-2022>`
**Photos are not mine, the source links are stated below it.**
"Target Goals for December"
Happy New month everyone! Got a busy day today? Mine? Not that much, but I am a little tired for, you know, my work is kind of tiring and sometimes it exhaust me. Anyways, as for today's blog let me share with you my goals for this month. I felt a little hesitant to share it with since this will be a first time that I will do this. But since, I don't have other topics in mind, let me just do and go for it.
Be more active here in read.cash
Maybe some of you already knew and noticed that I had been away for this platform for a month because of my works and some personal matters that I badly need to attend to and I feel sorry for that. These few weeks we got so busy and it's a bit stressful for me because the work is already piling up due to the amount of schedules that we have and it's because the month of December is nearly coming. I don't use that as an excuse but it is still one of the reasons why I've been away to this platform. Here today, I will do my very best to manage my time wisely and give more time to this platform, to communicate and interact with some of the other users and especially to create and publish more blogs.
To gain at least 10 or more subscribers
I joined this platform two months ago and after months of using I only gained 17 followers or subscribers as of now. I think the big factor causing it was my inactiveness for a month but right now I am doing my best to be back on the track again and hopefully I will be able to achieve and gain 10 subscribers or more this month of December but if I will not achieve this goal of mine, its okay at least I did my best but, I'm still hoping to achieve it and apart from that, hopefully I can get another sponsorship, but don't get me wrong I'm not forcing anyone to do that.
Give Myself a Reward
The month of December had already come, Christmas is already coming. For me this is the most wonderful time of the year. It is the season of loving, sharing and giving but aside from that, what makes December more wonderful for me was because I can get again my bonus and 13th month pay (laughing). And if that time will come I will give myself a gift before the month of December ends as a reward or payment of working hard for a year and especially the hardwork that I rendered for in this company I've been working. I already have a thing in my mind that I will buy but it's a secret for now because I want to surprise myself when that time comes (laughing).
**Spend time with my Love ones**
Everyone is excited for the coming holiday season because they can be with their families and friends to celebrate the Christmas together. While me, I am excited also to celebrate it but as for everyone knows I am away with my family and love ones because I am here in Manila working, for a long time already. I am only with my younger sister, aunts and cousins. But it is not a hindrance for me to make time with them. If I have a time after my work schedules I will try to give them a call to ask how are they and talk to them with some other stuffs. I am planning to celebrate and spend my Christmas with my aunts and cousins. Hopefully next year I will be celebrating it with my family and with my girlfriend @renren16 .
Save more for my Future Plans
Each of us have our own dreams and plans in life. I don't think there is anyone who doesn't want their dreams to come true. Right? Most of us dreaming to have and to build their own houses. To have their own dream cars, their own businesses and etc. Some already started to save for their selves. Like you, I have a lot of plans for myself and for my family too. All I need to do is to focus in my goals everyday and avoid spending money on things especially if you don't really need them. It's really hard to earn money this days but it's easy to spend it, so we really need to be careful in spending our budgets. I am hoping and looking forward to save and to earn more this month.
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*I think those would be my priority goals for this month of December. I hope I can do all that this month but if not, at least there would be an improvement.*
*That ends my blog for today! Thank you for your reading my blog. Happy new month to everyone, stay safe and God Bless always.*
*Lead Image Source: https://knilt.arcc.albany.edu/Lesson_1.3:_Goal_Setting_and_Brainstorming*
`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Published: 12-02-2022>`
**Photos are mine otherwise stated!**
"Turning a New Chapter"
Good day everyone. It's a new month, a new opportunity for us to start a new adventures especially for the upcoming Christmas celebration this year. Does everybody been able to do the monthly recaps? How was it? How much did accumulate for the month of November? As for mine, I still didn't decided to join this monthly report because I'm not confident enough to show my earnings for now. So as for this blog I decided to share with you how did my 26th birthday celebration went.
Last November 28, 2022 was a special day for me because it was my 26th birthday. My actual celebration will happen on Saturday, because my cousin Abby will also celebrate her birthday today so we decided to celebrate our birthdays together on Saturday night so that all of us can attend because we don't have works anymore. But due to that, it will become a double celebration for me because I have my co-workers and friends here in Pasig longing also for a celebration that's why I still celebrated it.
During the day I still attend my work because my plan was only a simple dinner celebration for us and luckily, I have done all my schedules a little early. After that, we directly went to C6 Road on Taguig City to buy some meat for the said celebration. My co-workers suggested me that we buy some duck meat instead of a chicken or a pork meat. So we try to find some duck meat there but we couldn't find one instead we found an alive duck which costs 400 pesos each on female duck and 800 pesos on male duck. That's why I decided to buy two female ducks and bought all the ingredients needed for it.
After which we decided to take our lunches because it's past 1 in the afternoon already. We went to De Castro Jollibee drive thru but there's no Spicy chicken available, so we cancel our orders and decided to proceed to another Jollibee store I know but I didn't know that the store was under renovation. It was already past 2:00 PM and we are still unable to eat our lunches and my head was already hurting that's why we chose to buy Dokitos instead on Andoks for our lunch.
After eating our lunches I decided to take a rest for a while because my head was really hurting and the pain really kills me. I slept for almost two and half hours and the pain are still there but I need to work and prepare all the things that I bought. Thanks to my OJT's and co- workers for helping me to prepare the dishes that day. My co-workers cooks the adobo and caldereta while me, I bought soft drinks, charcoals and two milkfish (bangus) and it's ingredients that will be grilled right after. I was the one who grilled the fish.
After all the dish was completely done, we all shared and enjoyed the foods that we cooked all together. It was just a simple dinner for me but I was very happy that I have people around supporting me to make this all possible.
After that I directly went to my bed because my head still really hurts and I felt like my head will burst due to so much pain. But still, I managed to talked to my family in our Group Chat in messenger, we had a few conversations before I decided to drop the call because of my situation and I still need to talk to my girlfriend before I will rest. My girlfriend was worried about me wherein she always tells me to take some medicine for it. She really understands my situation and she allows me to sleep early so that I can took some rest to ease the pain and I still have some work the day after.
It was a great day for me and I was very happy and grateful especially to God for he gave me another chance to celebrate my birthday again. A big thanks to my Family, my girlfriend @renren16 , my friends and co-workers who supported me and never failed to greet me during that day. I really appreciated all of the greetings.
*That ends my blog for today. Hopefully this month will bring us more blessings. Thank you for reading. Have a great day ahead!*
`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Published: 12-01-2022>`
"Someone I look up to"
As for everyone knows I am the eldest son of my parents at this moment because of what happen to my older brother. And as for being the eldest son of my parents I have my responsibility to become a good brother and a good example to my two siblings. Alongside with that I have my someone that I look up to and I really wanted to become which will justify the statement of being responsible one and that is my Parents.
We grew up in a simple yet beautiful and loving family. I remembered during my childhood days, we lived in a small and simple house made with half concrete and bamboo with a small sari-sari store on the front. The job of my father was a habal-habal driver and a full time Tuba gatherer and my mother was a housewife wherein she is the one who takes care of us and our small store. My father and mother works really hard for us so that they can give all the supports and needs that we wanted up until we became matured enough.
During my teenage days they were really strict on us to some things especially on the way we answer and speak to them and to the other people. I've never heard my parents cursed at us or speak any bad words towards us even until now. They never allowed us to play or even touch a playing cards so that we will not learn how to gamble because they never wanted us to live just like my mother's family. My grandfather was a serious gambler, "kung saan ang sugal naandun lagi tapos may pera pag sa sugal pero pagdating sa pamilya walang maibigay", that's what she said to us and they never wanted us to become like that. And they never failed because all of us, their children are not into any types of gambling, thanks to my parents. They also don't want us especially me to become fond of having a lot of friends which will only give me an influence to do gambling or drinking alcoholic drinks especially smoking and other unnecessary things.
During my college days, this was the time that I really saw my parents struggling on us because we are four studying in college that day (my older brother, me, my younger sister and my cousin) while our youngest sister was still on high school. But despite that situation, they didn't manage to say that we should stop attending school. Instead they have exerted more of their efforts so that all of us will finish our studies. More than that, my parents didn't hesitate to help my cousin to take up a college course due to lack of finances and I really admired how it turns out. My cousin was able to graduate with his chosen course and now enjoying salary from his job same as us.
Up until now I still see and feel their hardwork despite that we are, little by little, reaching our dreams because of what they have done for us. I am very thankful to my parents for they have done so many things on us. They nurtured and take care of us when we were a little. They did not abandoned us and they never failed to take care of us. They gave us all the supports and needs to us even though they don't have anything for themselves. That's why I salute them.
I think that would be all for this blog. Thank you for your time. Have a great day ahead and keep safe always. God Bless!
**<Author: Rhed>**
<Date Published: 11-30-2022>
"My Priorities and how it changed"
What are your wants and priorities? Everyone of us has a different wants and priorities in life. Some prioritizes their job, family, hobbies, love life and etc. How about you? Can you differentiate wants over priorities? How do you handle these two?
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. In this blog I would like to share with you all my wants and priorities and how it changed as the time goes by. Honestly speaking I have shared it on Hive too. Probably, you might think that I am just literally doing a cross post within the two platforms, well I guess I will agree with you in that matter but I am still doing my best to come up with a good topic yet for now I am really struggling to have one. So, by that I decided to do this thing.
All of us must had experienced childhood days. This is the time that we really don't think about anything that much, we don't think of any problems unlike now. Stroll here stroll there and play all day long just to satisfy ourselves with enjoyment. All I can say is that my childhood was amazing and a memorable one.
During my childhood days I usually prioritized how I will end my day happy. I even skipped my meals for I was unheeded because I was too fond of playing. When I was a young boy my favorite game that I usually play is Basketball. I think there's no day that I can't play basketball. I considered basketball court my second home. During elementary days after school we all went directly to court even were still wearing our school uniforms. That's how fond I am to this Sport but the game that I prioritized and loved before, it is not my priority right now anymore. I prioritized my work to earn money for my needs and my family.
I remebered during elementary days I really wanted to have a bicycle because I was just borrowing bike that time. That's my dream that time to have my own bike so that I will not borrow anymore and I can use it anytime I wanted, but as the time goes by as I grow older, it does changed again.
During my high school days I really wanted to have my own motorcycle. We do have a motorcycle but I can't use it anytime because my brother will not let me use it. So I dreamed again to have my own motorcycle. What a silly child. Right? (laughing). But that dreams changed again as the time goes by. Before I really like to buy a brand new motorcycle (**YAMAHA YZF R15M**) to be exact because I really love and adored that motorcycle. I even saved money for it.
But as the time goes by I ended up not getting one even the money is already there because thinking of the money that I could spend on that motorcycle, I rather use it for opening a business instead. Right now, my dreams on that things already faded because of the changed of priorities. The one that I really prioritized right now is my work, my family and to earn more for my future plans.
**Ending Thoughts**
Our priorities normally changes all the time because there is always new opportunities and challenges that comes to our lives. We really don't know when our priorities would change. For me, It is easier for us to adapt if we will learn to accept all the changes. Change of priorities can be difficult at first but let's just try to see it as an opportunity for new knowledge and opportunity for our growth and development. And lastly, the most important thing is to stay positive all the time even after all the changes that happens in our lives.
That's all for this blog. Have a great night ahead. Take care and May God Bless us always.
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`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Published: 11-27-2022>`
"I am Grateful for being Blessed"
It's not a usual thing of me to show off how grateful I am when it comes to what I have in this state I am currently living right now.
As for this Friday night blog, I will share with you the things that I am grateful for courageously.
Gratitude is simply define as a state of feeling grateful. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/gratitude
What are the things that I am grateful for? How will you show that you are grateful for that?
Here are the things that I am grateful for;
My Family
- Parents. They are the ones who raised me from the beginning of my life here on earth. I considered them as my first teachers who teaches me the things that will help and guide me towards a good future that I always dreaming of. I am very grateful for having them as my supporters in all the things and being at my side whenever I have problems.
Siblings. For all you know I am now considered as the eldest in our family due to the death of our real eldest brother. As for having a siblings, I am very much thankful not just because I have them as a siblings but I am also having a friends. They are the ones who inspired me to strive further so that in some ways I can give a helping hand whenever needed to.
Having a family where you can rely on especially in times of need, that's really a huge blessing for me.
My Friends
- I have lots of friends. Even in my work place right at this moment, I considered them as my friends. Like I said before, I am working here in Manila and away from my family. So by that, these friends that I am with today are the ones that makes me feel that despite being away with my love ones, I can still have someone to rely on when I needed someone to talk to or chilling out when we have time. I am grateful that I am surrounded with REAL friends.
My Job
- Working for years now in my company, I am very grateful for having this job because it is main reason why I am able to support myself here in Manila, especially in my financial needs. With this job that I currently have right now, I am also able to support my sibling at times when my parents is lack for a budget for her weekly allowances at school. Aside from that, I am able to buy anything I want. But of course, I need to save up for future purposes too.
**My Girlfriend**
-Maybe some of you already know about our story because she already shared our story here in read.cash but for those who doesn't know we are lovers since High School days but due to some problems we got separated and get back together after seven years.
I am very grateful that she came back into my life again because she taught me how to become a better person, to love myself more, to explore more and come out of my comfort zone and especially she was always there when I am feeling down. I am very grateful that I have a girlfriend that is very loving, caring, understanding, supportive and a God fearing girlfriend. I already saw myself on you my love. Thank you my love @renren16
God
- Without Him, I am nothing. Without Him, everything that I owned and enjoying right now will not be mine and happen. I am grateful for His love and mercy. For He never left me every step of the way. I am grateful for He is the reason why I am still breathing right now. He is the reason why I am currently living on this very earth.
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There are lots of ways of showing the sense of gratitude. And I am more on doing the best I can to be able to do that accordingly. For now, I am feeling grateful for being blessed with what I have.
This has been @Rhed , thank you for reading everyone. Good evening and good night.
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`<Author: Rhed>`
`<Date Published: 11-25-2022>`
I Do These when I felt Sleepy
Good day ladies and gentlemen of this wonderful community. How's your day been doing? Me? I just finished my working schedule for today and I am currently having my rest time while doing some of my side hustles.
In my previous blog I have shared with you some tips on how to have a safe drive. And for today's blog I will share to you the things I usually do when I felt sleepy during driving to avoid being in an accident.
I usually felt sleepy when I'm driving alone, especially during morning. Sometimes I am alone when I travel to some of our customers due to unavailability of technicians and that causes me to felt sleepy. Here are the things that I do to make myself awake;
Turn the Radio Louder
Turning the volume of the radio makes me feel like it will awaken me during driving. I usually make this thing especially every morning, but not everytime especially when the songs that are being played in radio are kind of a soft music. It still makes me feel sleepy. I usually chose to look for a radio station that airing jolly songs in such a way that I can have a positive and happy vibes while on a drive.
**Sing along with the Music**
After turning the radio if I'm still feeling sleepy, I decided to sing along with the music in the radio with a loud voice, kind of shouting (laughing). It's kind of effective actually. As a matter of fact, no one can hear me outside, only I can hear myself while doing it. So I didn't hesitate to do so.
Do some Stretches
When I already felt sleepy, I usually do this thing also to awaken myself. I do some stretches divert my sleepiness into activeness especially when I am stuck in a heavy traffic or when I'm in a Stop Light and it's kind of effective as per my observation.
Adjust my sitting Position
After years of driving one thing that I notice that makes me felt sleepy was because of my sitting position. When I felt more comfortable and relax, this is the time that I felt sleepy. The thing that I will do was to adjust my sitting position and make myself feel the opposite and it is very effective for me.
Thinking of Salary Day
Salary day is the most important day of our life especially when you are working. When salary days come I notices that I don't usually felt sleepy maybe because I am excited and happy to recieve my salary. That's why I always think when I am driving on what are the things that I will do when I get my salary. It's kind of silly but it is kind of effective for me (laughing).
Still the very best thing that we must do to avoid being sleepy during driving was to sleep early if you are going drive after. So that your energy will restore and you will feel refreshed when driving.
If we happen to feel sleepy after doing all that things stated above, we can freely rest for a while and take a break. There's nothing wrong with it because our safety is what matters the most.
That's all for this blog. Thank you for your time. Have a great day ahead and God Bless Always.
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`Author: Rhed`
`Date Published: 11-24-2022`
Random Tips for a Safe Drive
*For the information of everyone, I have already shared this blog on Hive. I just decided to share it in here too to spread awareness about road accidents that may happen anytime of the day especially to those who are always on the road.*
Technology has become more advance nowadays. Starting from our gadgets, appliances, and even the transportation. We can see nowadays an electric motor and cars that can drive on it's own and doesn't needs gasoline or diesel fuel which is an eco friendly one because it doesn't produce some smokes that are harmful to our health and to nature. Mostly we can only see a usual gasoline and diesel engine here especially in the Philippines. Technology literally has a huge improvement. But due to the advancement of the technology we can't still deny that there still a lot of accidents happens in our sorroundings, mostly about vehicular accidents.
A few weeks ago an accident happened in our neighbor barangay in which the people involved in that accident were all residents in our barangay due to brake malfunctioning which leads to their death. Four people died in that said accident. Two of them were senior citizens while the other two, one of them was the son and the other is a known friend of their son.
Thinking about that accident it enlightens me to be more careful at all times especially that I am driving Monday to Saturday in my work. Not even for myself but for all of us. It gives us the reminder to be more careful whatever we do in our daily lives. Accidents happens all the time and we cannot predict when and where it will come. So we must be careful all the time.
In this blog I will share to everyone especially to those who are always driving a vehicle, some safety measures on how we can avoid from being involve in an accident base in my own perspective and knowledge.
Are you an eligible driver?
Being a driver is not an easy task, we must consider first the safety of yourself and the safety of the others. If you have no driver's license, you are not qualified and capable to drive a vehicle because you did not undergo a driving lessons and training, you are not trained enough to drive a vehicle. You are only harming yourself and the others. So we must get a license first in order for us to drive.
Are you in good condition?
When you already have a driver's license and allowed to drive a vehicle you must consider also your health and condition. If you are feeling sleepy, tipsy, drunk or experiencing any health problems you better not drive because it will only lead you to an accident.
A lot of accidents happened because of that said reasons, so we must check ourselves first if we are in good and in a right condition to drive a vehicle.
If we happen to feel sleepy during driving, we can rest and take a nap for a while and continue to drive when we dont feel it anymore.
Check the BLOWBAGETS.
I think some of you knows that I studied Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology Major in Automotive Technology that I have stated in my Introductory Post. One thing that my instructor tells us that I will never forget before was to check the BLOWBAGETS first before we drive a vehicle. He said that we must check all of that before we go for a ride.
What does BLOWBAGETS means?
BLOWBAGETS stands for Battery, Lights, Oil, Water, Brake, Air, Gas, Engine, Tires and Self.
If you have all that checked and everything is in good standards and condition, especially the two stated above then you can hop in to your vehicle and drive safely.
Always wear safety gears
If you are using and driving a motorcycle you must always wear some safety gears especially the helmet. In the Philippines, the LTO always gave us a reminder to always wear our helmets and proper attires like pants and shoes. Helmet is very important during driving because it will serves as your head protection in case of accidents. So wear your helmet always when you drive.
Dont be a Reckless Driver
Thinking before we act can also be applied to driving. We must always pay attention to every details especially when you are in the road. Some of the things that I have seen during my almost everyday driving was the "Liko muna bago Tingin", they will turn first before they will look, I mostly seen this scenario to the motorcyclist and that's was very wrong move. "Tingin muna bago Liko", we must look first before we turn our vehicle so that we can see if there's a coming vehicle or not. Don't feel like you own the road, that you can freely do what you want to do. We must not be a reckless driver when driving.
Knowing all that common measures of driving, still the best one is self discipline. It is very necessary for us to apply all the safety measures I have stated above. And at the end of the day our safety is still depends in our own hands. So make sure to take care as always because we have our families and love ones waiting for us to come home safe and sound.
That would be all for this blog. Thank you for reading. Take care always and may God Bless us all.
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`Author: Rhed`
`Date Published: 11-22-2022`
He Noticed me at Last
Good day everyone. How's your day going? Me? I think today is a great day for me. Wanna know why? I bet while reading the title, you have an idea now. And yes, he finally noticed me!
In this blog I would like to share with you how I feel and how grateful I am today.
I started my journey here in this platform months ago because of my girlfriend @renren16 , who is the one that introduced me to this platform that I already stated in my Introductory Post. She is the one that keeps on encouraging and pushing me to join to this platform. After days and weeks of using, I've been attached to this platform because I feel comfortable and the people here are friendly and welcoming me nicely. After I uploaded my Introductory Post, I've posted another five more articles consecutively to my account, but due to some personal matters, I ended up not being active here for a month and I felt sorry for that.
After being away from this platform for a month I am glad that I have my time again to be back in here and I took that opportunity to post again a blog to this community. I never thought that I will never be notice this time again by the bot because some of my previous blogs was not being noticed, apart from that I was away for a month like I said earlier, but I was wrong, the @TheRandomRewarder already noticed me and I was never expecting it. I was very happy right now after all the things that I've been through, it makes me more motivated to be more productive here at all cost.
As a beginner, I decided to joined this platform just to express myself, to share my stories through blogs, to enhance my English and writing skills, to engage and to have more friends here and especially to earn also by doing all those things. Moreover, one thing that I really wanted to achieve first aside from having more followers in this platform is to be noticed by Rusty. All I can say is that it takes more time and effort before the Rewarder will notice you, but after all the time and efforts that you rendered for it, it would be all worth it and would be all for good . I was really happy that I had finished one of my goals here in this platform and I am looking forward to accomplish more in the near future.
Thank you so much my fellow read.cash mates for your support, especially to my "Love" @renren16 who keeps on helping and supporting me on my blogs and to the read.cash community that helps and gives opportunities to the users to improve and showcase his/her writing skills. I am glad that I am one of this wonderful community.
Thank you for reading. God Bless us all!
See you on my next blog!
`Author: Rhed`
`Date Published: 11-21-2022`
My Perfume Collections
Good day everyone! It's been a month since the last time I visited my account in here due to some personal matters that I badly need to attend to. I am actually thinking that I will end up leaving the platform for good because like I said I have other things to do especially in the real world. But here today, I am trying to spend some of my time to share with you about the topic "*Perfumes*." As a matter of fact I also shared this on hive.
It all started during my college days. At first it was not an intention of me to collect perfumes because all I wanted is to have a lot of perfumes that have different scents that I could wear in every day use especially in attending my everyday classes.
My first ever bought perfumes that I used during my college days was **Aficionado Eau de Toilette F3 and F10**. This perfumes was inspired by some of the famous perfumes nowadays. Aficionado F3 was a version of **Tommy Boy by Tommy Hilfiger**. This perfume was a Citrusy and have some kind of floral fragrance that is perfect for day time. The F10 was the verion of **Energize by Hugo Boss**. It is a fresh,green and citrusy fragrance suits and perfect also for day time. I used this perfumes since first year college until my first years in Manila and up until now I still have those perfume bottles.
When I came here in Manila and started working I was able to earn money and able to purchased a new collections of perfumes. The first perfume that I bought here was from the *Zara Perfumes* which was the **Zara 8.0 and 9.0**. I was very happy when I purchased those perfumes because it's my first time to purchase perfumes that has a new scents to me. Zara 8.0 is a fresh, aquatic, minty and aromatic fragrance that suits for tropical countries like Philippines. This perfume is perfect for summer and daytime while Zara 9.0 is a quality perfume which has a woody spicy and sweet scent on it that is perfect for gloomy weather and night dates. Among these two fragrances I personally preferred to wear was the Zara 9.0 because of the sweet and woody fragrance on it. Aside from it, this perfume was an alternative perfume for **Dior Homme**. I bought this perfume for only PHp 1,800.
My second purchased perfume was from the *Armaf Collections* which was the **Club de Nuit Intense Men CDNIM Eau de Toilette**. I discovered this perfume when I saw a video on YouTube that talks about perfumes and its cheap alternative perfumes. I really liked those topics because I really can't afford to buy those famous high priced perfumes. That's why I chose to buy the alternative ones.
This perfume is an alternative of "**Creed Aventus**" which was a popular and a high priced perfume. **Armaf Club de Nuit Intense** is a fresh, citrusy, fruity fragrance wherein you can really smell the lemon and pineapple in this fragrance. This perfume is perfect for summer, sunny weather and day time. And I bought this perfume for only PHp 1900.
My third purchased perfume which I bought just a month ago was from the *Just Jack Perfumes* which was the "**Just Jack Noir Endurance EDP**". This perfume was an alternative of the famous gourmand fragrance of Tom Ford which was the "**Tom Ford Noir Extreme**."
It has a smooth, sweet, vanilla and creamy scent. It's smells like a sweet milky and creamy dessert. Some says it is almost identical to Tom Ford Noir Extreme. I really don't know because I haven't smelled Noir Extreme yet however with it's own smell you can thought this as an expensive perfume because of it's classy, and charismatic scent. This perfume is one of my favorite perfume that I have right now. This perfume is best for date night, cold weather and night time. I bought it for only PHp 1300 in Philippine peso. Your money will not be wasted once you buy it because of it's great performance and especially with it's price.
And lastly, the last perfume that I have right now which I bought recently and delivered to me last day was from the *Riiffs Fragrances* which was the "**Riiffs Wonder of You Pour Homme**" and "**Riiffs Imperial Blue**", with an EDP concentration. I discovered this perfumes same by the CDNIM, just by watching YouTube videos. I was very excited to get these perfumes because of great quality and performance and the good smell of this perfumes as per the YouTuber says.
*Riiffs Wonder of You Pour Homme* was an alternative perfume of "**Emporio Armani Stronger with You**." It is a sweet, cool and sexy perfume with a nutty flavor in it. It is clubbing vibe of perfume and a compliment getter that is best for winter and fall or cold weather and night time.
And the *Riiffs Imperial Blue* was inspired and a cheaper alternative of the famous fragrance of Versace which is "**Versace Eros**." Riiffs Imperial Blue Eau de Parfum has some notes of lemon, peppermint and sage perfect for summer and daytime because of it's fresh, citrusy and woody scent. What I also like about these perfumes is the presentation and the details of the perfume even at the box and the bottle itself. They made it looks like a high priced and a classy fragrance. I bought these perfume for only Php 2200 or $37 dollars.
So far I am satisfied with all of my purchase and I must say that happiness can't be bought everytime I recieved a new box of perfume to be added in my collections. Looking forward to have another perfume in the near future.
`Disclaimer: I am not an expert when it comes to perfumes. But I have a little knowledge about it especially for the following perfumes that I will be presenting in this blog.`
That's all for todays blog. Thank you for your time. Have a great day ahead and may God Bless us always.
`Author: Rhed`
`Date Published: 11-20-2022`
**Photos are taken by yours truly.**
Memories of my Childhood
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Do you still remember your childhood memories? Do you still remember the times when you had nothing to think about?
What are the things that you used to do back then? Are you happy during your childhood?
Come and join me to take a look at the things I used to do when I was a kid.
**Importance of Childhood Memories**
Childhood memories is very important in our lives because this is what reminds you how happy you were back then. It makes you build your own personality and make you who you are in the future.
As what I have remembered these are the things that I did when I was a young boy...
**Playing**
I used to play different kinds of games or as what we called "laro ng lahi" like tumbang preso, piko, luksong baka, luksong tinik, patintero, sipa and hide and seek. I also played "teks" (sticker), sliding in the hill using coconut palm or what we called "palwa" in our dialect, rubber band (dampa,shatek), bamboo guns (luthang), hunting birds using "tirador", paper plane, yoyo, trumpo at paglalaro ng gagamba. And mostly as what we usually do everytime when it rains we go outside and took a shower under the pouring rain. Have you experience the same thing?
Source https://larongpilipinas.weebly.com/laro-ng-lahi.html
**Seeking Adventures**
I've got to remember those times that I went outside of our house without asking permission to my parents about this thing. Together with my friends we went to the rivers or climbing to the mountains up until we reach a waterfalls. I also experienced going inside a cave. These are the reasons why my parents gave me a scolding. I also remember those times that I made my mother cry when I went inside the cave because she worries about me. "What if there will be a sudden earthquake occur?" What if we will be trap inside the cave?" that's what she said.
Source http://www.haivenu-vietnam.com/vietnam-photo-gallery/Albums/Album10/Source/vietnam_children_swimming_in_river.htm
**Finding own means of Income**
We were not used to be always be given money by my parents so we looked for ways to earn money so that we can buy our own needs. We collect cans, metal, plastics and any other things that can be sold as well as "pangunguling" at "paghahakot ng copra" just to make money.
As what I have observed in this generation, most children nowadays are not engage in this kind of activities anymore because of the continued innovation of technology. They are more focused on playing mobile games than playing outside and engaging to other children the same as their age.
For me, it still the best option to let our children to experience those kinds of activities that I stated above. In the sense that through those activities it can help for their physical, emotional and social growth and development. It also preserves the culture of us Filipinos who love to engage with people among the neighborhood.
That's all for this blog!
I hope you enjoy reading this. Thank you for your time.
-Rhed-
Successful Renewal
As a driver, driver's license is very important especially when you are traveling in rural areas like here in Manila because most of the time there are sudden checkpoints while you are in the road. And with that, it is much of importance that your license is valid so that you can avoid extra charges or unnecessary circumstance while on travel.
My license will expire next month so I planned to renew my license this month so that when November comes I don't have a lot of things to do especially it's my birth month. So I asked my workmates whose done renewing there licenses and do some research on the internet on what are the processes and the things that I need to bring during renewal.
The first thing that you will do is take an Online Validation Examination (OVE) at the LTO Portal. The exam had only 25 questions and you need to score at least 50% on the examination so that you will pass. Here's the good thing in here, if you don't pass the exam you can redo it many times until you will pass it. If you pass the exam they will give you a certification to prove that you pass the test. That OVE Exam Certificate will be the only document that you will bring at any LTO Offices and especially your old driver's license.
I took the Online Validation Examination on October 17, 2022 and thanked God I passed after my first take of the exam but I ended up not going to LTO office because of the schedule that I have during that time. I have a lot of schedules and calls from the customers that's why I set aside that thing first.
After that day I didn't expect that I will finish my assigned schedules too early that's why I decided to finish my unfinished business. I traveled at exactly 2:00 PM from Tipas, Taguig City and arrived at Robinson's Cainta Junction at past 3:00 PM. I directly went to the LTO Office and they get my old driver's license but I forgot to print my OVE Certificate. Luckily there's a computer shop near that office but I paid 50 pesos for that one piece printed examination certificate, "grabe ang mahal." After they get all what they want, they told me that I may now proceed to the next process which is Medical Examination. After waiting for hours finally I'm already the one that being examined by the doctor. The only thing that the doctor did to us are only the eyesight testing if you have a poor eyesight or not. Luckily I get it all correct even my eyesight are literally blurry. I think I already need eyeglasses. I paid 600 pesos for that examination. After I get my medical documents I proceed next to the last process. I paid 586 pesos to the counter for the processing and the making of my new driver's license but before that they want me to put my all my fingers one by one on the scanner for the fingerprint scanning and few minutes after they released my new Driver's License.
After that we traveled back to our office because it's already past 5 PM but before that we stopped by at a market and bought chicken feet for our dinner.
And that's how I get my new drivers license. Moreover, I am very happy that I was able to acquire the 10 year validation of my license because I don't have any violations recorded at the LTO.
That ends my blog for today. Thank you for reading. Have a nice day ahead and God Bless.
-Rhed-
Get to know more about Me
Good day Read.cash mates! How's your day? Remember my recent blog? If you have happen to read that one, with all sincerity, I thanked all of you.
Here today, I would like you to get to know more about me. So, without any further ado, let me share with you more about me...
**SPORTS**
I don't know all the Sports but I love Sports. Sports is healthy, fun and interesting. What I like about Sports is that aside from fun it can help you maintain your shape. Athletes also set goals for themselves, and that feeling when athletes makes a score or hit a good shot, we can literally feel the boost of energy and happiness in their faces. Also the teamwork that happens in the game especially at the tough times that really makes the sport more interesting.
**What Sport's I'm really into?**
I love playing Basketball. I am 5'9 inches (175.26 cm) in height I'm a professional basketball player.hahah charr lang. I may not be the best but I just really love playing it. I remembered back in those days that I can literally sits in the ring when I jump hahah (just joking). During my teenage days, there's no day that I can't play basketball. Even my girlfriend @renren16 that time really annoyed because I don't have time for her. But when I entered College, I really gave more focus to my studies to graduate at that time. I really do want to try out that time for the Varsity Team in our school but I was just too nervous because there's a lot of students/players there that are very tall and talented at that Sports.
I remembered when we won in some of the "Liga ng Barangays" here near in our place, we decided to spend and enjoy ourselves. We travel from Hilongos Leyte to " Tangkaan Beach Resort " of Padre Burgos Maasin City ( it takes 2-3 hours of travel ).
The Sport that I really love to learn right now is " Volleyball" because I really look up to my girlfriend @renren16 as a player because she's a great player, a well known player and the legendary and greatest Volleyball player of all time.hahah (peace love).
For real, I really want to learn volleyball now because it's the famous sport now in Leyte, maybe because most of the covered court there got destroyed during the last typhoons including ours. There's a lot of "Pa Liga's" there in Volleyball even my girlfriend already had no time for me because of that ( lagi namang natatalo )hahah. pagpuyo
**Hobbies**
Aside from basketball I also have a lot of hobbies. When I don't have anything to do I played Mobile Games as a pasttime (special mentions; Mobile Legends, Clash of Clans, Crypto Games like Bling Games, Solitaire and Trickshot Blitz, Clipclaps and Honeygain). I also like to watch YouTube videos, Asian and Hollywood movies, Asian Drama Series especially Korean Drama (recently watched drama; Forecasting Love and Weather, Tail of the Nine Tailed, Happiness and Nevertheless), planned to watch is Bad Romeo and Big Mouth, because i think it's a great drama to watch just by seeing the trailer.
**Foods & Drinks**
I love foods & drinks but not alcoholic drinks. In fact, everytime I get my salary I always treat myself to some delicious foods. I don't skimp myself when it comes to food. To be honest I'm not picky when it comes to food, but mostly there still things that we really don't like. Like me, I really don't like eggplant. Any kinds of dish when there's an eggplant I always set aside it. I don't know why I don't like it maybe the smell and the texture of it.
As I said earlier I'm not an alcoholic guy, I really don't like it.
That would be all for today. Thank you guys for your time. Have a great day.
-Rhed-
I ended up here in Pasig
As you all know in my previous blog "**All about my Work**" I am currently working in Manila right now and you know what are the things that I do here in my work. This time I will share it to you how did I end up being here. https://read.cash/@Rhed/all-about-my-work-c4dc3428
It all started way back year 2016, when I am preparing for the On the job Training Documents that I needed for the training. I heard one of my classmates talks about when and where do they go for their OJT's. They said that they will all go to Manila because there's a lot of opportunities and companies there that accepts OJT's. The thing that comes to my mind that time was also the same, but for me I will prefer to OJT in Cebu City because it was only a one way trip and it's not really far from our province unlike Metro Manila. They were really all excited to start their OJT journey while me I don't feel anything at all.
Fast forward, when all of us were ready to start and get deployed I also chose to go here in Manila to find the company that will accept me for my OJT. I said to my family that I will go alone because I can take care of myself but my mother insisted to accompany me. "Manila isn't the same as here and its your first time there that's why I will accompany you and drop you off at your Aunt's besides I also want to visit your Aunt's there because its been a long time since we see each other", that's what she said. In the end my mother really accompanied me.
We took a bus that time because we had a lot of baggages. We were drop off at the Cubao Bus Station and rode again a bus to Novaliches Quezon City. Manila really is a huge place ,nasa isip-isip ko kung ako lang mag isa siguro nagkawala-wala na ako, but thanks to my supportive mother who really joined me in my journey. The day after, my cousins wife called us and said that her brother was working in a Motor Company which is "JAC MOTORS" and she said that they will accept OJT there, immediately we went there and give there my Resume.
Days and more weeks passed we have no response on that said company and my mother also decided to go back home because there's a lot pending works that she needs to do there so I ended up being alone and I don't want to hustle my mom anymore. Months had passed and I still have no response from the company so I decided to apply to the other companies, I traveled and tried to apply there in Balintawak and a Bus Company accepted me but with no allowance and will soon start as long as I'm ready but I said that I will think about it first. After giving a lot of resumes to a different companies I still have no response about it but thankfully one of my cousins in Paranaque City chatted me and asked me if I already have a company and I said I still don't have one. So he insisted that I will go there and temporarily live with them so that we cousins can get together and also he said that he have a friend that works in a Motor Company and he introduced me to Kuya Steve and Ate Vanie whose a couple that works in the same company. Nilakad ni Ate Vanie ang papel ko para makapagsimula na ako agad, and thanks God I was accepted. The company that I applied in Novaliches "JAC MOTORS" also called me the same day and said that I am also accepted but I declined them and chose this company that I am working right now because it has an allowance and I'm with my cousins.
During my first day and weeks in the company, Ate Vanie and kuya Steve waited me in their house so that we can go together to the company and even payed my jeepney fares, showed me around the company premises and introduced me to my co-workers and superiors. They really helped me a lot during my OJT days. On the first week of my OJT I was assigned first in the Pressing Area before I was assigned at the "RAYMOND Area". At first I'm still hesitant and afraid to do the things that they do because its all heavy equipment and also I'm still observing but after many days of working, little by little I already get and adapt to it. Sometimes they also take me to their truckings to deliver units all around Manila and even to some provinces.
My OJT experience was one of the best experiences I've ever had because I learned a lot and met some of my new friends.
It took me 6 months before my training ended because we all needed to finish 1200 working hours. After getting the hours that we needed I returned to Leyte and processed all the papers and documents that is needed in order for us to graduate. After the graduation I decided to rest and not to work immediately for almost half a year. After months of being bored and palamunin sa bahay I decided to chat my former supervisor to help me and he said that the HR already waited me for months and said that I was being absorbed by the company. So I packed my things and decided to travel back here.
At first I thought that I will be assigned in the Main Office Branch but instead I was being transferred to Bulacan Area. I stayed there for almost a year before I was being transferred again here in Pasig City up until now.
This kind of work really needs a lot of patience and efforts because it's not an easy peasy job. You need to learn every detail of the machine that needs to be repaired so that the clients will be satisfied with the services we rendered for them.
That's all for today's blog. Hope you like it and have a good night everyone.
-Rhed-
All About my Work
Good day ladies and gents. How are you today?
In this blog I would like to introduce to everyone what's my work and what's the life of a Forklift Service Technician, but before that I would like to give you some background about it.
What is a **FORKLIFT**?
A forklift, also known as fork truck, is a motor-driven industrial truck used for lifting and moving goods on a pallet within the premises of a warehouse, storage facilities and distribution centre. Depending on the design, some Forklifts allow the operators to sit while driving or operating the machine.
Source https://www.saloodo.com/logistics-dictionary/forklift/
What is **Service Technician**?
Service technicians or Field Technicians are the ones who are deployed in the fields and responsible and in-charge of the maintenance and the repairs of the units. Like me, I got deployed in the Area Of Pasig City. Our covered areas are the places that are near in Pasig, like Rizal, Mandaluyong, Taguig, and even some parts of Quezon City.
I am a TOYOTA Service Technician. We are not allowed to touch any other machines like Mitsubishi, Hyundai and etc. We only repair TOYOTA machines.
**What's our Job to the Unit?**
As a Service Technician we are the one's that maintains the performance and the condition of the unit. We are doing monthly check ups/ inspections, Preventive Maintenance Services (PMS), to the customers that reaches us. We also Repairs the unit if it's not operational already. For short, we are called the doctors of the unit. We travel from time to time if there's a call from our customers that needed our help.
On the other hand this Company is also a place for the "On the Job Traing" students from the different schools. And I was once an OJT student here before. Later than that, when I graduated the company hired me as an official employee in their company. I am currently working for almost 5 years for them. As of now, I am guiding the OJT students that are currently assigned in here. I teach them the proper and safe ways for this kind of field.
**What can I say about my Work?**
For almost 5 years of staying in this company I must say it's not an easy peasy job. Well I guess there's no job that is easy to work on. "Time management" is a must. Before you go off to work, you must prepare all the necessary things needed and of course yourself. You also need to know how to entertain or interact with the customers with a lot of patience because there are some customers that are demanding. All in all, I am satisfied with the work I have right now because through it, I am able to provide for my needs, especially when comes to financial matters. And this serves as my training ground for I planned to work abroad someday.
That would be all for today, thank you for you time. See you in my next blog!!
Lead Image https://www.shdlogistics.com/news/product-focus-toyotas-bt-reflex-e-series-reach-truck
_Rhed_
A Newbie Arrived
Good day to all of you.
How's your day? Hope everyone is doing great today. If you have wondered, I am actually a newbie in here. I just created my own account for a while, but I choose not to post just yet because I was advised to leave comments to other articles first. So here today, this will be my introductory post. It's my pleasure to introduce myself here in this platform. So without any further ado, let me introduce myself to all of you.
My name is Meldrid Yatasa Milano ,yes you heard it right. I know some of you are confused why my name is like that. Even my workmates now and during my schooling days, even my teachers and classmates,gets confused and laughed at my name because it was a girl's name, but I'm already used to it now, because there's a meaning why my parents named me like that.hehe🙂
I was born and raised in our small hometown at Hilongos Leyte. I am the second son of my beloved parents and acting as the eldest brother (right now) to my two younger sisters, because my elder brother got into an accident which leads to his death.
I graduated from a known University here in our place, Southern Leyte State University Main Campus, as a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology Major in Automotive Technology.
I am currently working here in Metro Manila as a Customer Service Technician at TOYOTA Forklifts for almost 5 years already.
**How I came across to this Platform?**
I came across in this platform because of my girlfriend. I know some of you already know about her. She's no other than @renren16. She's the one who introduced me into Crypto currency world. Although I already have a little knowledge about Crypto, still she's the reason why I like to know more about it. She keeps on encouraging me and pushing me to join to some Crypto platforms especially Read Cash. At first I felt hesitant to make an article about myself because I'm a shy type of person. I'm not really into expressing my private life but with the help and support of my supportive girlfriend here I am now making my introductory post. Thank you love.❤️
**Reasons of Joining the Platform**
The main reason why I joined this platform it's because I like to explore new things and to read some interesting articles (especially to my girlfriend blogs), and also I would like to try creating my own blogs too with the help and guidance parin ng girlfriend ko..hehe. To gain more knowledge about Cryptos, because I found a lot of articles here that tackles about Crypto currencies. And to earn extra income here (let's not be hypocrite).
**What I am looking forward in this Platform?**
I am looking forward to meet and gain new friends in this virtual community. Aside from that I also want to engage myself on becoming a virtual writer and a content creator. Rest assures that I will do my best to be engaging and an active user here on this platform.
I know I still have a lot of things to be learned and I am up for the challenges that I may face while exploring this site.
That's all for today see you on my next blog!!
***_Rhed_***😊
@Rhed
